Community and Primary Care Group

The new BGS Community and Primary Care Group (CPCG) was launched at our Spring Meeting 2022. You can catch up with all the content from the meeting, which was held on 6-8 April, by clicking here.

The majority of interactions older people have in relation to their health take place in primary and community care. The BGS Community and Primary Care Group has been formed in response to an increasingly strong emphasis on care closer to home for older people, with the aim of reducing avoidable hospital admission and the associated risk of potential harms such as deconditioning and delayed discharge.

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Mar

2023

Joining the Dots: A blueprint for preventing and managing frailty in older people - Cloned

The British Geriatrics Society today launches ‘Joining the Dots: A blueprint for preventing and managing frailty in older people.’ This document aims to show what good-quality age-attuned integrated care for older people looks like. It is intended to help commissioners in the design and delivery of health and care services for older people.

Jan

2025

Joe Wicks encourages older people to get active in…

BGS is supporting a campaign from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and the Centre for Perioperative Care to help people to prepare for surgery and recover more quickly afterwards. Fronting…

Peri-operative care for surgical patients

Rehabilitation

Wellbeing

Joe Wicks and BGS President Jugdeep Dhesi

Nov

2024

BGS welcomes new President and President Elect

The British Geriatrics Society is delighted to announce that Professor Jugdeep Dhesi is its new President, following a successful term as President Elect. She will be supported in the role by…

BGS publishes recommendations on how to deliver proactive…

A new BGS document is aimed at healthcare professionals, clinical leaders, commissioners and system designers seeking advice on how to implement services in their locality.

Advance care planning

Community care

Deconditioning & rehabilitation

Frailty

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Key resources

Aug

2021

Right time, right place: Urgent community-based care for older people

This document outlines services currently delivered across the country in pursuit of appropriate, timely, high-quality care when an older person experiences a crisis or urgent need, with examples o

Aug

2021

Ambitions for change: Improving healthcare in care homes

This document describes the care home sector across the UK as it currently stands, how health and wellbeing has traditionally been supported in care homes and sets out what good healthcare provisio

Jan

2022

Community geriatrics: Video case presentations

A selection of case presentations on community geriatric services and initiatives which were first presented at the BGS Autumn Meeting 2021 (24-26 November).

Jan

2021

Winter vaccines for older people

This winter, respiratory illnesses, including COVID and flu, are prevalent across the NHS affecting both older people and the healthcare professionals who care for them.

Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (DGM)

The Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (DGM), awarded by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is an examination developed collaboratively by the RCP and the British Geriatrics Society. It is designed for individuals who want to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise in the healthcare of older people.